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Exhibition on Quantity and Quality Check and Safe usage of Fuels organized by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and IndianOil
An exhibition on safety, quality and quantity checks of petroleum fuels was organized in Chennai today. Inaugurating the campaign on consumer awareness, Shri S. Pattabiraman, General Manager and State LPG Head of IndianOil, Tamil Nadu said consumers have a right to ask for pre-delivery-checks when the LPG cylinders are being delivered. The pre-delivery checks include weighing the cylinder for proper weight, “o” ring check, valve leak check and also proper seal. A consumer can also ask for the cylinder to be connected to gas stove to ensure blue flame at the time of delivery, he added. Shri Pattabiraman said the consumers can book the cylinder online or by using Indane Mobile App and payments can be made digitally through credit/debit cards/UPI payments.
Explaining the demonstration of quality and quantity checks of petrol and diesel, Shri Deepthinath, Chief Manager , IndianOil said consumers can always ask for any of the quality checks like, filter paper test, density check, quantity check by using a five litre measure or check by automation billing. Shri Varaprasada Rao, General Manager , IndianOil said the contact numbers of officials of oil marketing companies displayed in the petrol pumps can always be contacted by the customers, if any grievance is to be redressed. Customers can also use MOPNG-eSeva Portals and the oil companies websites for registering their grievance for immediate solution.
Additional Director General, Press Information Bureau Shri E. Mariappan said the Exhibition was being jointly organized by IndianOil and Ministry of Information & Broadcasting as part of the Vigilance Awareness Week being observed by Central Government Organisations and Public Sector Undertakings across the country. He said, the theme for this year is Integrity – a way of life – which emphasizes the significance of probity and integrity in public life and is being observed from 28th October to 2nd November, 2019.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 194.92 Cr
Over 3.50 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload currently stands at 40,370
8,329 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.69%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 1.75%
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 194.92 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,49,83,454 sessions.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 3.50 Cr  adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,04,07,573
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2nd Dose
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1,00,47,186
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Precaution Dose
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53,80,158
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,84,20,430
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2nd Dose
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1,75,96,034
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Precaution Dose
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91,40,325
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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3,50,34,278
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2nd Dose
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1,91,51,088
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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5,98,15,396
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2nd Dose
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4,68,46,961
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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55,75,36,958
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2nd Dose
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49,41,17,129
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Precaution Dose
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14,02,325
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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20,33,14,392
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2nd Dose
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19,17,51,075
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Precaution Dose
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17,53,144
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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12,71,44,311
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2nd Dose
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11,96,54,642
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Precaution Dose
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2,07,57,706
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Precaution Dose
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3,84,33,658
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Total
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1,94,92,71,111
India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 40,370. Active cases now constitute 0.09% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.69%. 4,216 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 4,26,48,308.
8,329 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,44,994 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 85.45 Cr  cumulative tests.
Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 1.75% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 2.41%.
Prime Minister's Office
PM calls Madhavpur Mela a unique celebration of India’s cultural diversity and vibrancy
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has shared a clip from Mann Ki Baat awhere he elaborated on Madhavpur Mela as unique celebration of India’s cultural diversity and vibrancy.
The Prime Minister tweeted:
“As the Madhavpur Mela commences, sharing what I said during last month’s #MannKiBaat about this unique celebration of India’s cultural diversity and vibrancy.”
The Prime Minister also shared a tweet of Gujarat tourism emphasizing the theme and joyful spirit of the mela.
Prime Minister's Office
PM’s remarks during the welcome of Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, in the Rajya Sabha
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today joined the members of the Rajya Sabha, in welcoming Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, as Chairman of the House.
The Prime Minister began his welcome remarks by recalling that today, 11thAugust, was the day when a young revolutionary of the freedom struggle, Shri Khudiram Bose, was hanged by the British. He said that the event reminds us of the sacrifice of those who fought for freedom, and the responsibility that this places on all of us. The Prime Minister said that Shri Venkaiah Naidu is the first Vice President born in Independent India. He added that Shri Naidu has long experience, and is well-versed in the intricacies of Parliamentary procedures.
Recalling his long association with Shri Venkaiah Naidu, the Prime Minister said Shri Naidu is always sensitive to the requirements of the rural areas, the poor and the farmers, and his inputs on these issues have been of immense value.
The Prime Minister said that the fact that people from humble, rural background, today occupy the highest positions in India, shows the maturity of Indian democracy, and the strength of India’s Constitution.
President's Secretariat
President of India presents Padma Awards
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards today  at a Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Please click here for the list of Awardees.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Nitin Gadkari emphasizes on adoption of alternative fuels which will be import substitute, cost-effective, pollution-free, and indigenous
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari has emphasized. on the adoption of alternative fuels which will be import substitute, cost-effective, pollution-free, and indigenous and discouraged the use of petrol or diesel as a fuel. Addressing ‘Indian Sugar Mills Association ’ Conference on ‘Alternative fuel- Road ahead’ he said that biggest benefit of Bio- ethanol as alternative fuel is that it is a clean fuel with very low greenhouse gas emissions. He said the additional income that is generated is directly diverted to the farmers, which empowers the rural and backward economy.
Shri Gadkari said looking at the ethanol production capacity and its adoptability as a fuel, the government has redesigned and launched the E-20 fuel program which will ensure the use of bio-ethanol in 20% blend with Petrol by 2025 in India. He said government has also calculated that to achieve 20% ethanol blending, the country will require around 10 billion litres of ethanol by 2025. He said currently, the sugar industry contributes to 90% of ethanol demand as a blended fuel in the country.
Shri Gadkari said he keeps on doing research to find ways to increase ethanol production with available resources and one such proposal is to add 15% to 20% sugar into B-Heavy Molasses. He said this will have multiple benefits as it will utilise an excess stock of around 45 to 60 Lakh Metric Tonnes of Sugar and will improve the ethanol recovery by 30% due to better quality of raw material.
On similar lines, the Minister said production of C-Heavy Molasses from sugar can be discouraged which will standardise the production of B-Heavy Molasses and will permanently lead to lesser production of sugar by 1.5% per Metric Tonne of Sugarcane.
Shri Gadkari said all of these steps will increase the production of ethanol and can lead to a scenario where excess availability of ethanol in one state can be transported to ethanol-deficient states such as the North-East and Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh. He said Bio-ethanol can also be a sustainable fuel for aviation purpose. as it can provide 80% savings on greenhouse gas emissions and can be blended up to 50% with conventional jet fuels without any modification. He said It is already been tested and approved by the Indian air force. He said with the rollout of flex-fuel vehicles on 100% bio-ethanol, the demand for ethanol will immediately jump by 4 to 5 times.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Government announces Tomato Grand Challenge Hackathon to generate innovative ideas to enhance Tomato value chain and ensure its availability at affordable prices
Students, Research Scholars, Faculty Members, Industry, Start-ups, MSMEs, LLPs, and Professionals urged to participate in the hackathon
The Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, Shri Rohit Kumar Singh announced a Tomato Grand Challenge  hackathon to invite innovative ideas at various levels of the tomato value chain to ensure availability of tomato to the consumers at affordable prices and help tomato farmers get value for the produce. TGC has been formulated by the Department of Consumer Affairs in collaboration with M/o Education .
The Grand Challenge invites ideas on comprehensive and focused area interventions in tomato value chain - from cropping and market insights for the farmers, appropriate cultivars  with higher shelf-life of the fruits for fresh marker, cultivars specifically suitable for processing, value-addition through interventions that can increase shelf-life, improve transportation of fresh and processing products, innovative packaging and storage.
The entry of participants for the TGC are invited under two tracks, namely,  Students, Research Scholars and Faculty Members and  Industry individuals, Indian start-ups, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises , Limited Liability Partnership , Professionals. The winning ideas will be evaluated by Experts followed by prototype development and field implementation for ensuring its usability/scalability on a large scale and price of the product. Interested participants can apply on the portal: https://doca.gov.in/gtc/index.php
Tomato is produced almost in all the states in India, though in varying quantities. Maximum production is in southern and western regions of India, contributing 56%-58% of all India production. Southern and Western regions being surplus states, feed to other markets depending on production seasons.
The production seasons are also different across regions. The peak harvesting season occurred in December to February. The periods during July-August and October-November are the lean production months of tomato. July coinciding with monsoon season, adds to further challenges related to distribution and increased transit losses adding to price rise.
The cycle of planting and harvesting seasons and variation across regions are primarily responsible for price seasonality in Tomato. Apart from the normal price seasonality, temporary supply chain disruptions and crop damage due to adverse weather conditions etc. often led to sudden spikes in prices. Conversely, glut in the production of at local levels have also led to dip in prices causing huge loss to the farmers.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Nationwide campaign for promotion of Digital Life Certificate for Central Government pensioners in Pune on 13 Nov 22
The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India has launched a nation-wide campaign for promotion of Digital Life Certificate for Central Government pensioners. In November 2021, Dr. Jitendra Singh, the Hon’ble Minister of State  had launched the milestone Face Authentication Technique of submitting Life Certificate through any Android Mobile Phone. Now the department has launched a special nation- wide campaign for promoting the Life certificate through Digital mode and for popularizing the Face Authentication technique. All the registered Pensioners’ Associations, Pension Disbursing Banks, Ministries/ Departments of Government of India and CGHS Wellness Centres have been directed to promote the Digital Life Certificate/Face Authentication Technique for submitting Life Certificate by organising special camps for ‘Ease of Living’ of pensioners. In this series, a Central Government team of Officials from Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare shall be visiting Pune where this campaign shall be organised on November 13 for Central Government pensioners at SBI, Pune Main Branch, Dr. Ambedkar Road, Collector Office Compound, Pune-411001. All the pensioners can visit the Centre for submitting their Life Certificates through Digital means.
Earlier, life certificates had to be submitted in physical form and for this old pensioners were to stand in queue outside banks for hours. Now, it has become possible at the click of a button from the comfort of their homes. In the process of submission of Life Certificate through Face Authentication by mobile, the details regarding Aadhaar Number, Mobile Number for OTP, PPO Number, Account Number with Bank/Post Office are required for the first time. This facility is also available to the employees of the State Government and the disbursing authority in the form of the Treasury Office of the State.
The central team has urged all the pensioners to visit the center to submit their life certificates through digital mode.
Office of Principal Scientific Advisor to GoI
COMSOL Platform through I-STEM for academic researchers at no cost
For the first time in the country, through the I-STEM portal academic users in India will now be able to access the COMSOL Multiphysics software suite at no cost. The Indian Science Technology and Engineering facilities Map , the national web portal for sharing R&D facilities, and the COMSOL Group headquartered in Sweden, have entered a collaborative arrangement for this.
The suite is hosted on the cloud server to provide user friendly access from anywhere in India. The arrangement is expected to assist many students and researchers in the country, especially those in the more remote and less-endowed institutions, thereby enhancing learning outcomes and promoting R&D efforts across India.
I-STEM  is an initiative of Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Govt. of India under the PM-STIAC mission. The goal is to strengthen the R&D ecosystem by connecting researchers with resources, in part by promoting technologies and scientific equipment development indigenously and providing necessary supplies and supports to researchers and enable them to access existing R&D facilities through the I-STEM web portal. The portal hosts the database of facilities across India so that a researcher desirous of using any of them can search for the same and make a booking online for using it. Presently, the portal lists more than 25,000 pieces of equipment from 850 institutions across the country, and has more than 20,000 Indian researchers. The portal also features a Digital Catalogue of indigenously developed technologies and products,as well as host the platform for the various City Knowledge and Innovation Clusters, to enhance R&D collaboration and skill development across the country.
The COMSOL Multiphysics software suite, developed by the COMSOL Group, is used worldwide as an indispensable tool for a variety of computer simulations for R&D as well as for learning and instruction. It is a general-purpose simulation software package for modelling designs, devices, and processes in all fields of engineering, manufacturing, and scientific research. In addition to using Multiphysics modelling for one’s own R&D projects, one can also turn the resulting models into applications for instruction, especially in classes for undergraduates and graduate students.
Dr Arabinda Mitra, Scientific Secretary, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser launched the COMSOL Platform and the Library of Calibration Standards. A webinar on R&D services through I-STEM portal was also organized to create awareness.The webinar was addressed by Director, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore and other leading researchers. The National Coordinatorof I-STEM, Dr. Sanjeev Shrivastava from IISc Bangalore highlighted the use and application of this software for variety of simulation and modelling studies that can be applied in any physical system.
Further details can be found at:https://www.istem.gov.in/istem-comsol
Recording of the national webinar is available at: https://youtu.be/8Kz5DD18x44
Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
India stands third in world in terms of fish production
Department of Fisheries has taken several initiatives for development of fisheries and attract farmers towards fisheries along with agriculture to increase their income through its various schemes
India stands third in the world in terms of fish production. The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying has taken several initiatives for development of fisheries and attract farmers towards fisheries along with agriculture to increase their income through its various schemes namely  implementation of Centrally Sponsored Scheme  - Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries for a period of 5 years from 2015-16 to 2019-20  Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana  with effect from the financial year 2020-21 to 2024-25 in all States/Union Territories  Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund  with a total fund size of Rs 7522.48 crore implemented for a period of 5 years from 2018-19 to 2023-24 for providing concessional finance,  issuance of Kisan Credit Cards  to fishers and fish farmers.
PMMSY implemented inter-alia envisages fisheries developmental activities namely construction ponds, Re-circulatory Aquaculture System , inland cages, sea cages, finfish hatcheries, deep sea fishing vessels, biofloc units, ornamental fish rearing units, seaweed rafts, monoline tubes for seaweed cultivation, integrated fish farming, Fishing Harbours/Fish Landing Centres, ice plants/cold storages, fish feed mill/plants, fish transportation facilities, retail markets, disease diagnostic centre & quality testing labs, aquatic referral labs, sagar mitras, livelihood & nutritional support to fishers during ban/lean period. These activities significantly contribute towards enhancing fish production, doubling fishers and fish farmers income and generation of employment.
Under PMMSY, financial assistance is provided to various States/UTs for taking up fisheries developmental activities. During last two years i.e 2020-21 & 2021-22 and current financial year 2022-23, Department of Fisheries, Government of India under PMMSY has accorded approval to the fisheries developmental proposal of States/UTs amounting to Rs. 11010.00 crore with central share of Rs. 3864.99 crore. Further, the Department through National Fisheries Development Board  is providing grant for taking up various training programmes in fisheries in collaboration with States/UTs, Quasi-government organizations involved in fisheries sector, National and Regional level institutions, Kirishi Vigyan Kendras , Farmers Training Centres , Universities, Colleges of Fisheries and other Academic institutions.
This information was given by Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Election Commission
General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal & Puducherry and Bye Elections to the House of the People and Legislative Assemblies of various states– Ban on Exit Poll.
Election Commission of India, in exercise of the powers under sub-sectionof Section 126A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 has notified the period between 7:00A.M on 27th March, 2021  and 7.30 PM on 29thApril, 2021 , as the period during which conducting any exit poll and publishing or publicizing the result of exit pollby means of the print or electronic media or in any other manner shall be prohibited in the ongoing General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal & Puducherry and Bye Elections to the House of the People and Legislative Assemblies of various states issued vide Commission’s Press Note dated 26th February, 2021 and 16th March, 2021.
Further, under Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951,displaying any election matter including results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey, in any electronic media, would be prohibited during the period of 48 hours ending with the hour fixed for conclusion of poll in the respective polling areas in each phase of the aforesaid General election and bye-elections.
Notification dated 24thMarch, 2021 issued in this regard is enclosed herewith for the information of all concerned.
Click here to see the Notification of ECI
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COVID-19 UPDATE
125.75 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
India's Active caseload currently stands at 99,976
Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.29%; Lowest since March 2020
Recovery Rate currently at 98.35%
8,612 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,40,45,666
9,216 new cases in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate  less than 2% for last 60 days
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 1% for last 19 days
64.46 cr Total Tests conducted so far
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National Institute of Women Skills Training invite Applications
Registration for one year and two year trades under the CTS scheme has started at the National Skills Training Institute for Women at Kazhakoottam, Thiruvananthapuram, under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Women candidates can apply.
For more information visit: nstiwtrivandrum.dgt.gov.in
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